SUSE-SU-2026:23873-1

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    SUSE-SU-2026:23873-1

    Published: 17 Sept 2026Last Modified: 28 Sept 2026

    Summary: Security update for jq

    Details: This update for jq fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-8863: heap buffer overflow in tokenadd() function (bsc#976992). - CVE-2023-50246: improper memory handling can lead to a heap buffer overflow in `decNumberToString` (bsc#1218034). - CVE-2023-50268: stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber (bsc#1218038). - CVE-2024-53427: stack-buffer-overflow in the decNumberCopy function in decNumber.c (bsc#1238078). - CVE-2025-9403: reachable assertion in run_jq_tests() (bsc#1248600). - CVE-2026-32316: denial of Service or potential arbitrary code execution due to integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1262044). - CVE-2026-33948: CLI input parsing allows validation bypass via embedded NUL bytes (bsc#1262043). - CVE-2026-40164: predictable hash collisions can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1262072). - CVE-2026-40612: jv_contains recurses into nested arrays/objects with no depth limit and can cause a stack overflow (bsc#1265060). - CVE-2026-41256: embedded NUL truncates top-level jq programs loaded with -f and can lead to execution of unintended programs (bsc#1265061). - CVE-2026-41257: integer overflow in `stack_reallocate` can lead to memory corruption and DoS (bsc#1265062). - CVE-2026-43894: signed integer overflow in `decNumber` can lead to out-of-bounds memory write (bsc#1265070). - CVE-2026-43895: embedded NUL bytes in import paths can lead to policy bypass and sensitive information disclosure (bsc#1265071). - CVE-2026-43896: unbounded recursion in `jv_object_merge_recursive()` can lead to C stack exhaustion and a process crash (bsc#1265075). - CVE-2026-44777: uncontrolled recursion in ordinary module loader when two valid modules `include` each other can lead to stack exhaustion and process crash (bsc#1265076). - CVE-2026-47770: stack overflow in deep structural equality (bsc#1269221). - CVE-2026-49839: `--rawfile` invalid-state reuse after `String too long` can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1269220). - CVE-2026-54679: integer overflow in `jvp_string_append` can lead to a buffer overrun on 32-bit systems (bsc#1269390). Changes for jq: Update to version 1.7.1: * Make the default background color more suitable for bright backgrounds. * Allow passing the inline jq script after --. * Fix possible uninitialised value dereference if jq_init() fails * Simplify paths/0 and paths/1. * Reject U+001F in string literals. * Remove unused nref accumulator in block_bind_library. * Remove a bunch of unused variables, and useless assignments. * main.c: Remove unused EXIT_STATUS_EXACT option. * Actually use the number correctly casted from double to int as index. * src/builtin.c: remove unnecessary jv_copy-s in type_error/type_error2. * Remove undefined behavior caught by LLVM 10 UBSAN. * Convert decnum to binary64 (double) instead of decimal64. This makes jq behave like the JSON specification suggests and more similar to other languages. * Fix memory leaks on invalid input for ltrimstr/1 and rtrimstr/1. * Fix memory leak on failed get for setpath/2. * Fix nan from json parsing also for nans with payload that start with 'n'. * Allow carriage return characters in comments. * Generate links in the man page. * Add extern C for C++. * Make object key color configurable using JQ_COLORS environment variable. * Change the default color of null to Bright Black. * Respect NO_COLOR environment variable to disable color output. * Improved --help output. Now mentions all options and nicer order. * Fix multiple issues of exit code using --exit-code/-e option. * Add --raw-output0 for NUL (zero byte) separated output. * Fix assert crash and validate JSON for --jsonarg. * Remove deprecated --argfile option. * Use decimal number literals to preserve precision. Comparison operations respects precision but arithmetic operations might truncate. * Adds new builtin pick(stream) to emit a projection of the input object or array. * Adds new builtin debug(msgs) that works like debug but applies a filter on the input before writing to stderr. * Adds new builtin scan($re; $flags). Was documented but not implemented. * Adds new builtin abs to get absolute value. This potentially allows the literal value of numbers to be preserved as length and fabs convert to float. * Allow if without else-branch. When skipped the else-branch will be . (identity). * Allow use of $binding as key in object literals. * Allow dot between chained indexes when using .["index"] * Allow dot for chained value iterator .[], .[]? * Fix try/catch catches more than it should. * Speed up and refactor some builtins, also remove scalars_or_empty/0. * Now halt and halt_error exit immediately instead of continuing to the next input. * Fix issue converting string to number after previous convert error. * Fix issue representing large numbers on some platforms causing invalid JSON output. * Fix deletion using assigning empty against arrays. * Allow keywords to be used as binding name in more places. * Allow using nan as NaN in JSON. * Expose a module's function names in modulemeta. * Fix contains/1 to handle strings with NUL. * Fix stderr/0 to output raw text without any decoration. * Fix nth/2 to emit empty on index out of range. * Fix implode to not assert and instead replace invalid unicode codepoints. * Fix indices/1 and rindex/1 in case of overlapping matches in strings. * Fix sub/3 to resolve issues involving global search-and-replace (gsub) operations. * Fix empty regular expression matches. * Fix overflow exception of the modulo operator. * Fix string multiplication by 0 (and less than 1) to emit empty string. * Fix segfault when using libjq and threads. * Fix constant folding of division and reminder with zero divisor. * Fix error/0, error/1 to throw null error. * Simpler and faster transpose. * Simple and efficient implementation of walk/1. * Remove deprecated filters leaf_paths, recurse_down.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202623873-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215737, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218034, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218038, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1238078, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1248600, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262043, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262044, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262072, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265060, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265061, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265062, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265070, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265071, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265075, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265076, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269220, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269221, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269390, https://bugzilla.suse.com/976992, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8863, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50246, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50268, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53427, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9403, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32316, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33948, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40164, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40612, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41256, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41257, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43894, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43895, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43896, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44777, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47770, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49839, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54679

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jq

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/jq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.1-1.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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